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Waleed Aly’s post-liberal ‘monsters’
By Russell Blackford
Liberalism is in trouble. Its underlying ideas still have some popular resonance, but they attract little support in mainstream politics or public discussion. No major party in the Anglophone liberal democracies consistently relies on traditional liberal principles, which are contested by movements on both the right and left of politics.
How did this happen and how should we respond?
Waleed Aly takes up the problem in ‘Time of Monsters: What Future for Liberalism?’, the latest instalment in Black Inc.’s long-running Quarterly Essay series.
"... both are scornful of traditional liberal ideas about pluralism, liberty, tolerance and progress. Each side wants to prevail, totally.”
Russell Blackford
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